Overview

• Martel received the Filmoteca de la UNAM silver medal at the Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia from Filmoteca director Hugo Villa.
• The festival hosted the first Latin American screening of Nuestra tierra following its earlier bow in Venice.
• She dedicated the showing to Javier Chocobar and to indigenous peoples, noting the project drew on roughly 15 years of research.
• The documentary revisits Chocobar’s 2009 killing and the dispossession faced by the Chuschagasta community, featuring trial footage that shows convictions later followed by releases without serving sentences.
• Martel unveiled a commemorative seat bearing her name in a Morelia cinema and urged younger filmmakers to reshape national narratives without relying on government patronage.